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Sen. Lindsey Graham will attend this weekend’s Munich Security Conference. According to the South Carolina Republican’s office, Graham along with Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democrat, will lead bi-partisan U-S congressional delegation to the Germany conference, the conference that is considered the leading forum for international security policy. It comes at a time when the U-S fears that Russia is about […]
Read moreFinancial accounts of the Oconee School District were enriched this week by the deposit of nearly $26 million dollars from the total amount Duke Energy paid last month to settle its 2021 county property tax bills. Gloria Moore, finance director for the public schools, says she was notified by the county treasurer’s office that $20,358,945 dollars was allocated for school […]
Read moreA 17-year old has been detained by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office on attempted murder and other charges. The announcement quotes investigator as saying a juvenile charged with a Class A, B or C felony can be tried as an adult. According to the arrest warrant, evidence indicates the teenage victim claimed the 17-year old shot from a vehicle the victim […]
Read moreWestminster– Wallace “Wally” Eugene Sellers, 73, husband of Pearlie M. Griffis Sellers, passed away Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Wally was the son of the late Owen and Martha “Lucille” Hardenbrook Sellers. He was a truck driver, and later retired from Englehard where he worked in the warehouse department and […]
Read moreSalem, SC — Matilda Maguire, 99, of Salem, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of New Jersey, Ms. Maguire was the daughter of the late William and Matilda Deroker Maguire. She worked as a Machine Operator for Berles Paper Mill and was of the Catholic Faith. Ms. Maguire is […]
Read moreWest Union, SC– Andrew Wyatt Little, 27, of 617 Ebenezer Road, West Union, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Oconee County, Andrew was the son of John Wyatt Little, Jr. and Carol Verlander Beaver (John Michael Beaver). He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines, serving as a platoon leader and was […]
Read moreSalem– John Dee Roach, 81, husband of Ella Mae Bryant Roach, passed away Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, John was the son of the late Dee Roach and Addie Swafford Roach. John was a carpenter with Galloway Construction. John was very involved with the Picket Post Fire Department where he […]
Read moreU-S Rep. Jeff Duncan, Laurens Republican, took part in a hearing of a subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. The subject was: “Back from the Brink: Restoring Brownfield Sites to Economic Engines” for discussion of the future of the Brownfields program. It’s an EPA program, and Duncan said, “The Brownfields Program is important to South Carolinians, as there are multiple […]
Read moreThe back lawn of the Seneca City Museums at 208 WS 2nd Street will be reserved next month for a St. Patrick’s Day student celebration. The event will run 4 to 8 pm Thursday, March 17, and a Seneca High student ID will be required. Arranged by the Seneca Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force and the Department of Arts, […]
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Members of an Oconee sewer committee acknowledge the need for a better working relationship between Oconee County government and the separate political entity of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority. “A conversation needs to be had,” said Leigh Baker of Westminster, member of the JRSA’s operation and planning committee. Atop the committee’s agenda Wednesday was discussion of the JRSA’s role in […]
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